glór

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word glór. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word glór, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say glór in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word glór you have here. The definition of the word glór will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofglór, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: glor, glòr, and glør

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glór.

Noun

glór m (genitive singular glóir, nominative plural glórtha)

  1. voice
Declension
Declension of glór

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glór glórtha
Vocative a ghlóir a ghlórtha
Genitive glóir glórtha
Dative glór glórtha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an glór na glórtha
Genitive an ghlóir na nglórtha
Dative leis an nglór

don ghlór

leis na glórtha

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

glór (genitive singular masculine glóir, genitive singular feminine glóire, plural glóra, comparative glóire)

  1. Alternative form of gleoir (“clear, bright, limpid”)
Declension
Declension of glór
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative glór ghlór glóra;
ghlóra²
Vocative ghlóir glóra
Genitive glóre glóra glór
Dative glór;
ghlór¹ 		ghlór;
ghlóir (archaic) 		glóra;
ghlóra²
Comparative níos glóre
Superlative is glóre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glór ghlór nglór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 glór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

glór m

  1. voice, sound, noise
  2. speech, utterance
  3. babbling, talkativeness
  4. sound, noise
  5. song (of birds)
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative glór glórL glóirL
Vocative glóir glórL glóruH
Accusative glórN glórL glóruH
Genitive glóirL glór glórN
Dative glórL glóraib glóraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Irish: glór
  • Manx: glare
  • Scottish Gaelic: glòr

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

glór f

  1. Alternative form of glóir (“glory”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
glór glór
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		nglór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia